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Clear protection film for 12 Pro SS PVD sides anyone?

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whizkid11

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Hello. Has anyone been able to find a pre-cut clear film for the stainless steel sides of the 12 pro to prevent scratches?

This time I went with graphite instead of the silver, so any scratches on the sides can’t be polished out because of the PVD coating. Thanks.
 
I'm looking for the same. I was looking into BestSkinsEver, but for some reason they don't have it for the iPhone 12 yet.
 
Tried XtremeSkins. I have been happy with past skins from them, but the pack I received for my 12PM didn't even have a cutout for that weird, elongated dip on the side of the 12PM.
 
Slickwraps Naked series has the wrap for the stainless steel trim, but you have to purchase the skin for the back of the phone in order to get the trim pieces. I wasn’t to happy with the back skins, matte and gloss on my silver 12 PM, but am happy with the trim pieces. Slow shipping, but Slickwraps is having a 60% off sale.
 
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I don’t see why not. Even a matte film to match the back would be cool.
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I guess I was more concern about the sides of the bumper case sticking out more, and not gripping tighter to the edge of the screen, due to the side skin adding more thickness to the phone's frame.
 
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I guess I was more concern about the sides of the bumper case sticking out more, and not gripping tighter to the edge of the screen, due to the side skin adding more thickness to the phone's frame.
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Shouldn’t be a factor.
 
I have a carbon fiber skin coming from AliExpress. Bought it to prevent scratches around the charging port. Only spot on my space gray iPhone X that showed any signs of use after 3 years.
 
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Slickwraps Naked series has the wrap for the stainless steel trim, but you have to purchase the skin for the back of the phone in order to get the trim pieces. I wasn’t to happy with the back skins, matte and gloss on my silver 12 PM, but am happy with the trim pieces. Slow shipping, but Slickwraps is having a 60% off sale.
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FYI: I placed an order nearly 1 month ago and had heard nothing. Email and after 1.5 weeks finally got a reply back a couple of days ago and they couldn't tell me when my order would even ship. I've requested a refund.
 
Paco II said:
FYI: I placed an order nearly 1 month ago and had heard nothing. Email and after 1.5 weeks finally got a reply back a couple of days ago and they couldn't tell me when my order would even ship. I've requested a refund.
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I understand completely. My original order was placed on 10/21, they shipped on 11/21, and I still didn’t get it until 12/2. They have good products, but horrible shipping. I’m story that you had to cancel your order.
 
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I understand completely. My original order was placed on 10/21, they shipped on 11/21, and I still didn’t get it until 12/2. They have good products, but horrible shipping. I’m story that you had to cancel your order.
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I ended up going with a glass rear protector and am liking that quite a bit.
 
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FYI: I placed an order nearly 1 month ago and had heard nothing. Email and after 1.5 weeks finally got a reply back a couple of days ago and they couldn't tell me when my order would even ship. I've requested a refund.
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I requested a refund they refused. So I filed a claim with PayPal and amazingly it shipped the next day...
 
earthdog said:
I requested a refund they refused. So I filed a claim with PayPal and amazingly it shipped the next day...
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Wow that’s messed up. Glad you got something. If I don’t get a response I’ll be filing a claim with the credit card.
 
Are there any other suppliers that are good quality like slickwraps but with faster shipping? Xtremeskinz is reportedly inferior. DBrand doesn’t make clear wraps for the 12.
 
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I did. They're ok, but they don't have a cutout for that indentation for the mmwave radio. It just sloppily goes right over it.
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Does having a skin covering the 5G mmWave antenna affect anything? I just got the SopiGuard side skins and it also covers the antenna, with no cut-out.
 
whizkid11 said:
I don’t see why not. Even a matte film to match the back would be cool.
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I have the SopiGuard matte sides with the Shellrus Sapphire glass protector and tried installing it on 2 different clear cases, both couldn’t fit.

I tried lifting the lip of the case over the glass protector on one side and squeezing the other side into the other side of the case, but the side film added too much thickness.

Any one have success with another case?
 
Here’s an idea.
 

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